Below are the 20 most recent journal entries recorded in James Chilcott's LiveJournal:

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Saturday, December 5th, 2009
1:34 am	Sunfall, the City that Really Needs a Pithy Description Well, in a gesture that feels like it marks the point of no return, I have produced some first notes on a potential RPG setting. It seems like it still wants a lot of polish (and what I've written out feels rather generic and not-all-that-Creation-y), but it might help give pointers towards what sort of characters might work in it. And I reckon that posting the thing now as soon as I've stopped writing stuff on it will at least mean that I won't then sit on it for weeks endlessly agonising and tweaking inconsequential details. Suggestions and observations (and requests for holes that need patching, or for entirely new settings if this sounds like it won't work, or anything) from those who might have to suffer through it are always welcomed, naturally. I am far from averse to changing things around; the more you guys tell me you want, the less thinking I have to do! (Outstanding omissions I'm aware of so far include: religion and gods, and the surrounding cities and area.) Anyway. ( Exalted Noir? ) Current Mood: tired Current Music: HIGNFY S35-02 (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, November 30th, 2009
10:29 pm	NaNoWriMo '09: Week Four The month is over. In conclusion... ( Success! ) Current Mood: exhausted Current Music: Deadwood S1-02 (2 Comments |Comment on this)
6:23 pm	No Mountain Too Mountainous, Chapter Five, Part Four This scene technically belongs before the previous one, I think. Not that it really matters much. Something tells me that this marks the final scene written as part of NaNoWriMo itself. The rest of the novel... well, that'll just be some idiot writing in his free time for no particular reason, naturally. I can't wait to do something else with my free time again. ( No Mountain Too Mountainous, Chapter Five, Part Four ) Current Mood: sleepy Current Music: 3 Doors Down - Here Without You (Comment on this)
12:32 am	The Girl From Farther Afield, Chapter Four, Part One In conclusion, I've definitely stalled on words, as always happens towards the end of the month. The writing energy has deserted me, and I'm now slowing down significantly. Won't be hitting 110k by end of play tomorrow by any stretch of the imagination. On the other hand... as of this scene, The Girl From Farther Afield has now officially passed the 50k mark. Yes, I have somehow managed to hit target on both novels, which was my one true goal. Seriously, how awesome is that? ( The Girl From Farther Afield, Chapter Four, Part One ) Current Mood: jubilant Current Music: Cinder Road - Back Home to You (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, November 27th, 2009
10:09 pm	No Mountain Too Mountainous, Chapter Five, Part Three I have a feeling that the next scene to be produced should go before this one rather than after it, but hey, this is the scene I've just written so this is the scene that gets posted. I am proud to announce that this scene marks the moment No Mountain Too Mountainous officially breaks the 50,000 word mark! One down, one to go! ( No Mountain Too Mountainous, Chapter Five, Part Three ) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
12:51 am	No Mountain Too Mountainous, Chapter Five, Part Two Rather short and pointless scene, this one, but I figure if I have it I might as well post it. ( No Mountain Too Mountainous, Chapter Five, Part Two ) Current Mood: tired Current Music: Staind - Fill Me Up (Comment on this)
Thursday, November 26th, 2009
1:01 pm	The Girl From Farther Afield, Chapter Three And with this, I guess I can say that the first arc of TGFFA is now complete, and only forty-five thousand words in. Hurrah! ( The Girl From Farther Afield, Chapter Three ) Current Mood: weary Current Music: nothing (Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
1:25 am	No Mountain Too Mountainous, Chapter Five, Part One NaNoWriMo hint: If in need of words, have characters sit around and talk aimlessly about whatever comes to mind. Words will be produced, and if you're lucky, they might even propose where the novel should go next. (Not in this instance, admittedly.) ( No Mountain Too Mountainous, Chapter Five, Part One ) Current Mood: tired but satisfied Current Music: Breaking Benjamin - Wish I May (Comment on this)
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
8:32 pm	No Mountain Too Mountainous, Interlude: One Girl In All The World Most pointless reference ever. ( No Mountain Too Mountainous, Interlude: One Girl In All The World ) Current Mood: sluggish Current Music: Aerosmith - The Other Side (Comment on this)
1:38 am	NaNoWriMo '09: Week Three ( numbersnumbersnumbers ) Current Mood: ...zzzZZZzzz... Current Music: nothin' (Comment on this)
1:25 am	No Mountain Too Mountainous, Chapter Four, Part Two The end of this extract is poor (though the bit shortly before the end I think I quite like, while I admit I've not actually read it, of course). It's late, I was tired, and I was damn well going to get the scene over and done with so I could stop wasting time on it and just move on. Call it a known issue. It'll be made awesome in the edit, honest. ( No Mountain Too Mountainous, Chapter Four, Part Two ) Current Mood: ...zzz... Current Music: nothin' (Comment on this)
Saturday, November 21st, 2009
2:54 pm	The Girl From Farther Afield, Chapter Two, Part Four Because what can possibly be a better idea for NaNoWriMo than to introduce someone who is inevitably going to be an absolute nightmare to write in character properly? (Also, seriously, forty thousand words and this is as far as I've got? I'm sure by my original plan I was supposed to be at this point in the story after maybe fifteen or so...) ( The Girl From Farther Afield, Chapter Two, Part Four ) Current Mood: absent-minded Current Music: Sick Puppies - Asshole Father (Comment on this)
Friday, November 20th, 2009
12:31 am	No Mountain Too Mountainous, Chapter Four, Part One 6,000 words in one day? Hell yeah! I'm starting to wonder whether I should continue posting NMTM excerpts. I think both its readers just use the Google doc links instead. I think the second of these scenes marks the first time I can remember in which my characters have proven too clever. I think I'm being smart by setting up traps for them to walk into, and then they go and work out that things aren't quite right and start making plans to work around everything. It's most awkward. ( No Mountain Too Mountainous, Chapter Four, Part One ) Current Mood: triumphant Current Music: O'Donnell + Salvatori - The Light At The End (Halo ODST soundtrack) (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
1:15 am	No Mountain Too Mountainous, Interlude: In His Hands Hrm, today was not the greatest day for writing. Blame lack of sleep. Really need to manage a few 5,000s tomorrow and Friday to get this word count back on track. ( No Mountain Too Mountainous, Interlude: In His Hands ) Current Mood: comatose Current Music: Breaking Benjamin - Hopeless (Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
4:19 pm	The Girl From Farther Afield, Chapter Two, Part Three Well, it took three days and nigh on nine thousand words, but this scene is finally finished (even if I do feel I might have rushed the end a bit just to get it over with)! Finally I sort of feel like the plot is starting to get to the point. ( The Girl From Farther Afield, Chapter Two, Part Three ) Current Mood: half-asleep Current Music: Chrono Cross Dreamer OC ReMix (Comment on this)
Monday, November 16th, 2009
1:03 am	NaNoWriMo '09: Week Two ( numbersnumbersnumbers ) Current Mood: zzzzzz Current Music: nothin' (Comment on this)
12:59 am	No Mountain Too Mountainous, Chapter Three, Part Three Bit more filler here. Tomorrow, interesting things happen! ( No Mountain Too Mountainous, Chapter Three, Part Three ) Current Mood: cheery Current Music: Rev Theory - Hell Yeah (Comment on this)
Sunday, November 15th, 2009
12:51 pm	No Mountain Too Mountainous, Chapter Three, Part Two Have I mentioned that I really like Markov? ( No Mountain Too Mountainous, Chapter Three, Part Two ) Current Mood: indistinct Current Music: Flyleaf - Break Your Knees (Comment on this)
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
3:15 pm	The Girl From Farther Afield, Chapter Two, Part Two One of the fun things about NaNoWriMo is the way you can sit down to work out what you're going to write next, come up with something entirely random that wasn't part of the original plan, and then spend five thousand words waffling about it. ( The Girl From Farther Afield, Chapter Two, Part Two ) Current Mood: cheery Current Music: In This Moment - You Always Believed (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, November 13th, 2009
12:11 am	No Mountain Too Mountainous, Chapter Three, Part One Ho hum ho hum. ( No Mountain Too Mountainous, Chapter Three, Part One ) Current Mood: chirpy Current Music: Evans Blue - Show Me (Comment on this)